Kevin Lang
Well-Known Member
And don't be dead lol.
The sport trac has an abysmally low rollover rating (vintage gen one I'm referring to), but I only see that it was tested for rolling over in crashes. Is that what the safety test is for? Crashes as opposed to maneuvering?
I'm pondering this because on many a slick road surface I have found myself going down the road sideways, and there has been absolutely no body roll...leastways, none that I could perceive during the fun of being perpendicular to the lane of travel.
Seeing how fun going sideways is, and how my 2wd trac always seems to be doing it, combined with winter weather I just wondered if there was any chance of tumbling over down the road.
This whole issue comes about from ignorance: American cars have phased out RWD, and my family has only gone for FWD import cars, for the reason of improved traction. They also avoided manual transmissions because they were "a pain", so because of the actions of those before me, I have to learn all this stuff first-hand. Not that I'm complaining about having ot do things the real man's way, but I'd like to have some clue as to what I am doing. Team America went down when they had no intelligence, and I don't want to follow suit
Going sideways leads to thoughts of drifting, but in a vehicle which takes up both lanes, or a lane and a shoulder, on most 2 lane roads, it seems that such a thought is almost a pipe dream. Between other cars and the nemises that are mailboxes, my cherished (and daily driver) trac would be demolished before the rollover physics could flip her. Which would suck, suffice to say.
On the subject, Todd Z has a post about drifting, but the video he put up shows a burn out, which has absolutely nothing to do with going sideways down the road, at least, nothing that I can discern.
I can't help but enjoy the increased driveability of Rear Wheel Drive, but I want to get some input to avoid the consequences of going beyond the limit.
(locking the rear wheels slightly makes for effortless 90 degree turns while staying in the lane, and makes those inside-lane U-Turns a breeze...something which didn't work too well on my previous vehicles of FWD fame. Though these brake antics are the usual culprits in sideways travel when it's damp )
The sport trac has an abysmally low rollover rating (vintage gen one I'm referring to), but I only see that it was tested for rolling over in crashes. Is that what the safety test is for? Crashes as opposed to maneuvering?
I'm pondering this because on many a slick road surface I have found myself going down the road sideways, and there has been absolutely no body roll...leastways, none that I could perceive during the fun of being perpendicular to the lane of travel.
Seeing how fun going sideways is, and how my 2wd trac always seems to be doing it, combined with winter weather I just wondered if there was any chance of tumbling over down the road.
This whole issue comes about from ignorance: American cars have phased out RWD, and my family has only gone for FWD import cars, for the reason of improved traction. They also avoided manual transmissions because they were "a pain", so because of the actions of those before me, I have to learn all this stuff first-hand. Not that I'm complaining about having ot do things the real man's way, but I'd like to have some clue as to what I am doing. Team America went down when they had no intelligence, and I don't want to follow suit
Going sideways leads to thoughts of drifting, but in a vehicle which takes up both lanes, or a lane and a shoulder, on most 2 lane roads, it seems that such a thought is almost a pipe dream. Between other cars and the nemises that are mailboxes, my cherished (and daily driver) trac would be demolished before the rollover physics could flip her. Which would suck, suffice to say.
On the subject, Todd Z has a post about drifting, but the video he put up shows a burn out, which has absolutely nothing to do with going sideways down the road, at least, nothing that I can discern.
I can't help but enjoy the increased driveability of Rear Wheel Drive, but I want to get some input to avoid the consequences of going beyond the limit.
(locking the rear wheels slightly makes for effortless 90 degree turns while staying in the lane, and makes those inside-lane U-Turns a breeze...something which didn't work too well on my previous vehicles of FWD fame. Though these brake antics are the usual culprits in sideways travel when it's damp )